- Present on Tinker Decision
and Hazelwood Decision
-Censorship Debate
-Begin a set of laws, ethics,
and standards to ensure our
journal stays legal, ethical and readable
-HW: What do you want in a journal? Write down your ideas
Big Sweep Presentation
-Discuss laws/ethics for
The Mane Attraction and
discuss last night's
homework
-Discuss future of ZSJ
-Editing symbol practice
HW: Interview 3 people about what they find as important qualities in a Newspaper or news source in general.What makes them choose a specific paper/website/channel to get their news from? (one must be over the age of 40 and one must be a current zoo school student. You cannot interview the same person/people as others in the class)
-Get into two groups:
Headline/Hard news and Local/Opinion/Interest
pieces: decide, as a group, what articles will appear in
the first issue. Then, decide who will help edit what articles
- Lead presentations
-Bio pics/bios
-Work on articles
(what type of lead
will they
be?)
-Check rough drafts
-Use lead presentations
to decide which lead you will do
-Group with editors; begin editing
-Bio Pics/Bios
-HW: Article writers use www .paperrater.com to ensure correct grammar, grade level, etc
-Secondary rough draft editing
-Go over transcription: Verbatim transcription,Intelligent verbatim, Intelligent transcriptionand
personality profiling: find a personality profile and
discuss with class
-HW: Find an interview-intensive article, or a personality profile, and prepare to discuss with the class tomorrow
Essential Question
-Go over Syllabus and
Computer Compliance Sheet
-HW: Get CCS and Syllabus
Signed by Friday;
Join Wiki by Friday; Watch/read one
peice of news
Zoo"
-Essential Question
-Discuss homework
-1st Amendment
Activity
-HW: Find an article or a clip
from a news program that you enjoy
and bring it in tomorrow
-Essential Question
-1st Amendment Activity
meetings on Campus
-Essential Question
-1st Amendment
Activity: Exemptions
Full text:
http://www.fas.org/irp/
crs/95-815.pdf
Essential Question
Labor Day
-Biased Journalism
-Essential Question
-Exemptions (cont'd)
-1st Amendment Activity:
Fight Five Activity
-Fight
Five Activity and
discussion
HW: Find an
article, tv clip, or
radio clip that
exemplifies one of the
1st Amendment Exemptions;
study for quiz Friday
Question
-Finish Fight
Five Activity
-Present Exemption
Articles
-Study groups
for tomorrow's
quiz
HW: Quiz tomorrow
-2013 Court Case
Activity
-Discuss Sept. 12th submission
-Journal due date Sept 16th
-HW: Find a Sports
Article
and a News Article
and take notes on the
differences of how
they are reported
(i.e. language, paragraph format,
etc)
Essential Question
-Review similarities/
differences
on Sports vs. News
-Implications
of Freedom of Press
Question
-Conclude
Freedom of Press
Activity
-Watch a clip from
The Nightly News
and from The Daily Show and analyze differences
and similarities
-History of
Journalism Webquest
Question
- Complete
History of Journalism Webquest
Presentations
and PP on wiki
-HW: Study for quiz on Monday;
read two of the three articles on
Rick Bragg and Jayson Blair
Question
-What is fabrication
and plagiarism?
-Read and discuss articles "written"
by Rick Bragg
and Jayson Blair and discuss
-HW: Research a topic for Plagiarizing
Activity
-Write an article on
your topic that is
completely
plagiarized
from other sources. (1pg min.)
-Rewrite the
article with proper citations and/or in
your own words. (1pg min)
HW: Study for quiz
Monday; write a half
page article
considered to be "yellow journalism"
9/16-920
Essential Question
-Go over "yellow journalism" homework
-Discuss the
"inverted pyramid"
and use it to write an article pertaining to local news
Meeting
-HW: Find an article
that shows
yellow journalism
within the last 2 years
-present yellow journalism homework
-Go over History of Journalism Webquest
Ethics in
Journalism
WebQuest?
-Is comedy journalism
(i.e. John Stuart or
Steven Colbert)
yellow journalism
or legitimate journalism?
Find an example to support what you believe.
-go over "comedy journalism" homework
Ethics in
Journalism
WebQuest
-Create presentations
for webquest
-Inverted Pyramid Homework
-Present Ethics in
Journalism
presentations;
discussion
-Post ethics presentations
to wiki
Essential Question
-Finish Ethics presentations
Go over appositives and how they benefit journalism
-Appositives worksheet: Do for homework
-Write an article
on a subject of
your choice: 1st
half-subjective; 2nd
half-objective
-Present to the class
HW:
Find an article that uses appositives
-Present self-written articles
-Present examples of
appositives from last night (collect)
-Find different examples
of sentries currently
posted
-HW: Use your sentry function
and find news not yet reported on
-Discuss what you chose for your sentry post
-Begin Editing Symbols
-Editing Symbols Activity
-HW: Study Editing Symbols
-Study Day:
Review Activities on
1st Amendment,
History of Journalism,
Ethics, and Editing Symbols
-HW: Study for Exam Monday
Essential Question
-Create a name
for the Zoo School Journal:
The Mane Attraction
-HW:Find an article that
centers
around the
pros/cons of
scholastic
censorship
-Go over homework
-Go over exam
-Logo? Layout?
-HW: Finish editing worksheets
-Go over 3-5 in editing
symbols;
Present last night's homework
-Choose a Debate Topic
-Group 1: Tinker Decision
Group 2: Hazelwood Decision
Ends
-Prepare Tinker Decision
and Hazelwood Decision
presentations
-Research Debate topic;
prepare and review cases
involved in that topic of
censorship
-HW: Prepare to take a side on censorship;
review cases to prepare
Essential Question
and Hazelwood Decision
-Censorship Debate
-Begin a set of laws, ethics,
and standards to ensure our
journal stays legal, ethical and readable
-HW: What do you want in a
journal? Write down your ideas
The Mane Attraction and
discuss last night's
homework
-Discuss future of ZSJ
-Editing symbol practice
HW: Interview 3 people about
what they find as
important qualities in a Newspaper
or news source
in general.What makes them choose
a specific
paper/website/channel to get their news
from?
(one must be over the age of 40 and
one must
be a current zoo school student.
You cannot interview the same person/people as others in the class)
Essential Question
and present
-Discussion on importance of news:
Local, Regional, National, and International
-Using The New York Times,
define and exemplify:
Feature Story, Editorial, Hard News, and Column
HW: Come up with a
"motto" for the paper
(i.e. The New York Times'
motto is
"Everything Fit to
Print")
-Paper layout
-Timing on paper
-Work on Mane Attraction Ethics
-Finish Mane Attraction Ethics
-HW: Using your sentry function, decide what your first article will be; write
biographies
Essential Question
-Present different types of leads
-Get into two groups:
Headline/Hard news and Local/Opinion/Interest
pieces: decide, as a group, what articles will appear in
the first issue. Then, decide who will help edit what articles
-Bio pics/bios
-Work on articles
(what type of lead
will they
be?)
-Use lead presentations
to decide which lead you will do
-Group with editors; begin editing
-Bio Pics/Bios
-HW: Article writers use
www
.paperrater.com
to ensure correct grammar, grade level, etc
-Go over transcription:
Verbatim transcription,Intelligent verbatim, Intelligent transcriptionand
personality profiling: find a personality profile and
discuss with class
-HW: Find an interview-intensive
article, or a personality profile,
and prepare to discuss with the class tomorrow
Essential Question
discuss
-Find an example of
scenic lead,
storytelling lead,
punch lead,
opposite lead,
blind lead and
summary lead
(in groups of 2)
and present to class
-Go to the
following website:
http:/
/matadornetwork
.com
/bnt/13-simple-journalist-techniques-for-effective-interviews/
and read the entire article and take notes.
Be prepared to discuss,
in detail, tomorrow.
discuss subject matter
-Discuss article from yesterday
-Final Editors
/Layout of Paper
-HW: Find a video interview
for next week
need to buddy up and
edit. Then email your
articles
to me (this is for a grade)
BBC: Fact vs. Opinion
http://www.bbc.co.uk
/skillswise/
topic/fact-or-opinion/resources/l1
Read the four fact
sheets and then
complete worksheets;
Quiz
Essential Question
-HW: Read The Mane
Attraction think of
one or two things that
could be different this time around
-Share Fact vs Opinion worksheets
-Second round of editing
-Begin Layout
online
-Witness accuracy sheet
(fact vs. opinion)
-Find an article in which witness accuracy was crucial; present the fallibility of their statement/
testimony
Essential Question
Roles assigned; interviews
prepared; begin interviews
Interviewing and assessing data
-Review Case accuracy/effectiveness of interviewing
Eyewitness Testimony Part 1
Eyewitness Testimony Part 2
-Discuss notes
HW: Decide on article ideas
for Monday
Essential Question
-Discuss notes from last week
-Find an example of faulty testimony
-Rough Drafts of articles due tomorrow; inaccuracy presentation due tomorrow
-Editing
-2nd Editing
-Witness accuracy activity:Roles assigned; interviews
prepared
HW: Final articles due by 8pm tonight
-Witness accuracy activity:
Interviewing and assessing data
-Review Case accuracy/effectiveness of interviewing
Essential Question
-Review Case accuracy/effectiveness of interviewing
-TMA review?
-Interdisciplinary Activity
Essential Question
-Watergate WebQuest
-Those who did their
interviews must have the
play-by-play and article completed by tomorrow
-Editing
-Discuss final outcome
of witness accuracy activity
-Read All the President's Men article
-All the President's Men (with guide)
-All the President's Men (with guide)
-Discuss guide
HW: Compile your "must know"
list from the Watergate
scandal and be prepared to show on Monday
Essential Question
Men Revisited
-Compile homework for
prep on Watergate Quiz
-Timeline and what happened
-Names and their involvement
-Impact on journalism and government
-Complete Watergate worksheet
-Read "Above the Law" by UVA
-Read Ford's pardon of Nixon
Essential Question
-Political Article: Conservative Liberal, Unbiased
-National Geographic: The Brain
-Editing
-Publish
-Survey
Essential Question
-Reporting on Crimes Activities:
"Facing a Jury of (Some of)
One's Peers"
"Puerto Ricans Angry That U.S. Overrode Death Penalty Ban"
-Conducting Field Interviews
-Watch "Disappeared" and take field notes
Essential Question
-HW: Practice Field Interviews by preparing to interview Lee's mother
-Begin ZS Murder Investigation
-HW: Finish writing articles
-HW: Submit finalized articles by 8pm tonight
Forensics and Interviews
Forensics and Interviews
Essential Question
Forensics and Interview
HW: Study for Final
Begin working on analysis and article
HW: Study for Final
work on oral presentations and finish analysis and article
HW: Study for Final
Visit: The Newseum Website
for really cool info on the history of News